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. . .' Committees requested that Tom Hannigan provide them with a schedule of the milestones associated with completing and implementing the Plan. Included in the hand out materials is a copy of tl:W milestone schedule. <" Continued progress is being made in coordinating the environmental compliance activities associated with California's Colorado River Water Use Plan and its components, Meetings are being held among the California agencies as well as with Reclamation to coordinate the NEP A and CEQA compliance, These meetings have also included representation from the consulting firms that are preparing the NEPA and CEQA documents, The intent is to have all of the environmental compliance activities completed by January 200 I. Basin Statesrrribes Discussion Basin States Meeting A number of meetings among representatives from the Colorado River Basin states and the Tribes have been held to discuss the interim surplus criteria and various aspects of California's Colorado River Water Use Plan. Technical meetings were held on May 9th and 17'h to further develop and show the impacts associated with possible interim surplus criteria. Following those meetings, proposed interim surplus critena were presented to the Basin States/Tribes representatives at their meeting held on May 25th. At the meeting, a small working group was given the task of preparing a document describing the interim surplus criteria (now being called the seven state plan). Also during the meeting other groups were given the task of further exploring: I) mitigation associated with the interim surplus criteria, 2) the mechanism to make the agreement reached among the states legalJy enforceable, 3) the relationship between operation of the Yuma Desalter and the interim period associated with lining the first 49 miles of the CoachelJa Canal, and 4) how overrun accounting and averaging of consumptive use called for in the Quantification Agreement wouJd work, Meetings and conference calls on each ofthcse topics have been held and progress is being made in developing the various discussion apers, which will be discussed at the next Basin Statesrrribes meetin scheduled for une 26'h, It is the position of the Basin states' representatives that their support for the interim surplus criteria is contingent upon reaching agreement on all of the associated components, i.e., the mitigation, enforcement mechanism, overrun accounting, etc. An of these are to move forward as a package. " Colorado Ri~~r Endangered Species The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP) Steering workshop was held in Phoenix, Arizona, on June I" to discuss the draft conservation strategy report prepared by Stephen W. Caruthers Associates (SWCA) and the conservation opportuniiy area (COA) analysis work being completed by Mr. Harris. Included in the Board folder is a copy of the Executive Sununary from the SWCA report along with a table outlining the estimated cost for the first six years of the program. Major goals \ 4 \